In 2023, another group from Europe, including six young adults, visited Tanzania. They described their encounters and experiences in a blog.

Unfortunately, many governments in Africa still do not manage to ensure the supply and education of the population. As a result, millions of children go hungry and millions more are unable to attend school or receive vocational training.

In Tanzania, our learning center is located in the poorest part of Dar es Salaam, a city of 8 million people. The local team makes sure that as many children as possible have enough to eat and get an education.

Would you like to support this vital work? It is very easy to help:

Our foundation organized a benefit concert in favor of children in Ethiopia and Tanzania in the Rudolfsheim church. The reason was a topical one: The war in Ukraine and the Corona crisis had made us forget the need in Africa. But there, too, everything has become more expensive: by a factor of two to three! Families, who were doing quite well until now, have to go hungry. Children can no longer go to school because they are needed for work in the fields, or their parents cannot provide food.

The evening offered a musical mixture of countries in which the foundation was active. In between, there were contributions from children from Ethiopia and Tanzania.

The Wiener Bezirkszeitung wrote an excellent article about this. Here you can read it and watch video clips of the work.

Thanks to all donors!

Father Moses Mgimiloko came to Vienna for doctoral studies. He is chaplain in the parish of St. Mother Teresa in Vienna. During his home leave, he practiced the song "God's Love is So Wonderful" with the children of his parish in Iringa, Tanzania.

"The children were enthusiastic about the German lyrics. Within one day they had learned the song by heart. With their voices we greet our parishes in Vienna and all friends worldwide!"

With our branch in Tanzania, we have already planted trees this spring. Every scholarship holder should plant a tree in front of his or her house. Now we want to expand this and have talked to the local government: they will provide the land. We are looking for sponsors, plant trees and take care of the watering and further maintenance. We want to motivate the children of the poor district to do something they can do without money.

We are looking for sponsors for trees. Everywhere. As many as possible.

You can also donate via

Stiftung „Jugend fördern – Grenzen überspringen“

LIGA Bank Regensburg
IBAN: DE43750903000001342800
BIC: GENODEF1M05

Fr Martin Rupprecht

On the occasion of the Day of the African Child, our volunteers in Tanzania started two actions:

We visited a school for disabled children. We brought them many learning materials, planted trees with them and talked with the teachers about further cooperation.

With 250 children from the poor district of Manzese we went to the National Museum in Dar es Salaam. The children should see something different for once, learn about their own culture, watch a film about the national parks in their own country, have fun.

The branch of our foundation in Tansania develops way better than we dared to hope in the beginning.

The coordinator of the branch, Alphonce Leonard, has summarized the activities and achievements during the first half of 2022 in a letter to us. See it for yourself:

→ Download letter (PDF)

In July 2021, Fr. Martin sent a letter to the committee and the protégés from the newly founded branch of the foundation.

Dear children, dear young people and families!
Dear committee of our foundation "Promoting Youth - Crossing Boundaries"!
Dear guests!

Praise be to God who created us all! Praise be to God who divided us into so many different languages, cultures, religions, countries, and continents. This is how we help each other! This is how we are curious about each other. This is how we can discover something new every day. Because we are so different, we can tell each other a lot about what brings us joy and about what worries us.

I greet you from far away Europe and wish you much joy in learning and discovering your talents!